The top 2 are Martin Scorcese (82%) and Steven Spielberg (78%). Martin Scorcese has directed 24 and Steven Spielberg has directed 32. Scorcese and Spielberg are generally regarded as the two greatest directors since the 1970s. Both not only have high average scores but perform consistently well. Scorcese has 22/24 movies rated Fresh, that is 60% or more on Rotten Tomatoes. Spielberg has 30/32 rate Fresh. In comparison, Ridley Scott has 13/23 rate fresh, Ron Howard has 14/25 rated Fresh and Clint Eastwood has 25/36 rate as fresh. These 3 are successful and well regarded directors but the difference shows why Scorcese and Spielberg are regarded as the best.

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The highest grossing director of all time is Steven Spielberg with over $10 billion, followed by the Russo Brothers (Avengers) with $6.8 billion and Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) with $6.5 billion.

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Below are shown the ratings over the careers of selected directors from the table above. 3 of the directors shown below - James Cameron, Christopher Nolan and Peter Jackson - aren't shown on the chart above since they have directed fewer than 15 films. Christopher Nolan has an average Rotten Tomatoes score of 84% from the 10 films he has directed.

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